Cylinder over Flat Rock, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I did not see anything except the moon and sky when I took the shot. After I came back inside I noticed that an object appeared in both photos. One above the moon and the other a bit higher and right of it in the second shot, both within that timeframe of 3 seconds. The moon is bright white. The object is tinted blue with a cylindrical almost u-shaped body. It also had its own glow. Since I didn't see the photo until well afterwards, I have no idea how long it remained in the sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #165067). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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April 13, 2020 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
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I went outside to move my vehicle and noticed an odd bright light . At first I thought it was a plane waiting to land staying still for clearance but then I remembered the hour and that there are no flight coming in this late here in my town. I noticed lots of similar bluish color circle lights and some blinking at first I though planes again and was intrigued by the planes that were flying under the radar with no sound. That’s when it really hit me. I recorded the light and around it took pictures. and brought my wife out to see it also and she was confused also. We stood their for a good 3 to 4 minutes then walked in the house after researching online about these sighting . I went outside again to see if the light was there and there was nothing more the other lights I thought were stars . Black sky with some planes coming through .
March 22, 2014 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
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They first appeared and stayed as 2 pairs as they flew higher and out of sight they all split the last one we could see seemed to gain